my 2.0 L prefacelift

just in the middle of fitting an unleaded, injection head with an fr30 (hi torque) cam got this 44k, 2 owner car back in july, had been stood in a garage for 8 years, after a ignition service and a lube of the carb, it spluttered into life, has since had alternator, water pump and now a recon'd head. im a big fan of the comfy bus, is perfect stablemate to my 2.0 capri. im planning a sympathetic rolling restoration over the next 12months, keeping it looking totally standard am aware of its rarity and extensive, complete history

Thats a real nice looking car I love the simplicity of the pre facelifts, much less fussy

finished it off today, got some bearing pullers and with a little help from a mate had the pulley and the belt off, then an hour and a bit in the rain later an i had a working car again, with alot more grunt, no smoke on start up and it doesnt sound like an angry typist on crack anymore had one little moment, cudnt figure out why it wouldnt fire :duh: cudnt see for the rain in my eyes and the s*** floodlight and torch :cursing: until i noticed the new king ht lead was still in the hall :huh: banged that on, and it fired without a problem bed the cam into the new followers on fast idle for 20 minutes and its sound as a pound i mean proper sound, it goes alot-lot better, was worth all the headaches :thumbup1:




and where it likes to be, £20 going in :rolleyes: see if its any better than it was, <_<

That's lovely, we had a 2L granny engine in the SWB minibus till recently. Sadly it suffered valve death and had to go. Going back to a transit (LC) 2L and single carb is a killer! Will get the twin choke back on, just had to rush the engine swap.

What shade is that?

Nice car mate.Good luck with resto.

corsican blue all put back together properly now, valve clearnaces checked, exhausts had closed slightly, and one inlet had gone baggy (lock nut not tight ) everything else checked for leaks etc and is 100% went to a local-ish car meet tonight in manchester 80 mile round trip, 3 up in total comfort

Who's is the Cortina in the 6th pic down?

that tina be my good old mates frosty from manchester classic ford, he looks like rod stewart, mixed with paul calfe tidy pinto'd ghia lowered on 15'' 3 door cossie rims does well, 16.4 at santpod, but he is 24v it soon i think i will need nitrous or summit on the capri then

Nice 1, i'm looking to 24V my Red special in the header, got to find a strong enuff manual box as they eat type 9s, also need the adaptor to mate the engine and box together

yesterday at outlon park with my mates mk2 transit camper we were watching the rest of the manchester classic ford lads on track

Nice camper! the guys on the Transit forum would love to see that

Yup! Nice tranny indeed

got the donut sorted today, and the mixture adjusted on the gas analyser, runs like an actual dream now plus it doesnt vibrate above 70 anymore. im not telling the topspeed on the way home took him about an hour incl fitting a new tail seal i got from gs escorts in the box thanks to my mate andy g, his skill and the garage he works from he does MOTS too







that'll be two segments missing from the donut then

Admin wrote:Nice camper! the guys on the Transit forum would love to see that

Yep get him along to www.mk1mk2transit.co.uk! So your granny is all good now?

yeah, its running spot on i love it tis helping me get thro a difficult period in my life the capri being sorn'd while the bodywork is being done

you sound like an expectant dad!